Pure Invention. How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World.
London. Constable. 2020. Black and white photographic illustrations, 352pp, 22.4 x 14.3cm. Paperback. "Today we take it for granted that Japan is a forge of the world's fantasies: the birthplace of Transformers and Pokemon, of food trends like ramen and artisanal whisky and cutting-edge manga and anime. But it wasn't..... More